Air traffic controllers and spotters at work in in the control tower at Wittman Regional Airport during the final day of EAA AirVenture 2012.

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Wittman Regional Airport will lose its air traffic control tower staff to federal budget cuts next month, but the loss will not affect operations during EAA's AirVenture convention.

Wittman is among 149 air traffic control towers nationwide that will be closed as a result of the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to reduce spending by $637 million by Sept. 30. The list of airports, released by the FAA on Friday, also includes Eau Claire, Janesville, Kenosha, La Crosse, Mosinee, Waukesha and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport in Milwaukee.